nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores224 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
8GB GDDR6 130W $249 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
$249 • Jan 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 130 W | 450 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 1010 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 16384 |
| RT Cores | 20 | 128 |
| TMUs | 80 | 512 |
| ROPs | 32 | 176 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 56.86 GPixel/s | 443.5 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224 GTexel/s | 1.01 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 9.098 GFLOPS | 82.58 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 72.00 MB |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 609 mm² |
| Transistors | 12000 Million | 76300 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 850 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
6332
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
42193 (+566%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
67028
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
316301 (+372%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
71.7 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
615.9 FPS (+759%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
12622
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
38309 (+204%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Game Benchmarks Comparison (15 benchmarks)
UNCHARTED Legacy of Thieves Collection
7.8 2022 • Adventure Naughty Dog LLC, Iron Galaxy Studios
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.4
GeForce RTX 4090 (+208%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.4
GeForce RTX 4090 (+297%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.4
GeForce RTX 4090 (+940%)
AVG 104 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
A Plague Tale Requiem
7.5 2022 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+403%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+464%)
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+533%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
8 2022 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| Patch: v1.8.3
GeForce RTX 4090 (+543%)
AVG 180 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| Patch: v1.8.3
GeForce RTX 4090 (+574%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| Patch: v1.8.3
GeForce RTX 4090 (+763%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 8 FPS
MIN 6 FPS
Winner
Loser
Battlefield 6
8.2 2025 • Action Battlefield Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+439%)
AVG 167 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+476%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+536%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
ELDEN RING
8.1 2022 • Action, RPG FromSoftware, Inc.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+147%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+222%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+379%)
AVG 134 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 15 benchmarks across 5 games
28
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
VS
+365.6%
128
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
0
Wins
28
Avg FPS
25
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
15
Wins
128
Avg FPS
113
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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